tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post8528726985640384883..comments2024-02-15T03:26:38.897-05:00Comments on Health Care Organizational Ethics: Medical Tourism, Self-Insured Employers, and Medical EthicsJim Sabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087828142188534542noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post-45729291404577954482009-04-27T08:41:00.000-04:002009-04-27T08:41:00.000-04:00Dear Jim,
Do health insurance plans in USA presen...Dear Jim,<br /><br />Do health insurance plans in USA presently cover expenses under Medical Tourism? If yes, which companies do so? <br /><br />Also, what are legalities companies like WellPoint would face if they recognize Medical TOurism?Matshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319437949613526817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post-87549633054896833102008-11-18T10:42:00.000-05:002008-11-18T10:42:00.000-05:00Dear anonymous -Thanks for this big question! I'd ...Dear anonymous -<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this big question! <BR/><BR/>I'd choose the ethical dimensions of (1) cost containment, (2) benefit design ("product design" in insurance lingo) and (3) managing care, as my hit parade of issues.<BR/><BR/>Alas, I don't have information on the internal workings of the largest national companies. Three not-for-profit plans - Group Health Cooperative, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Kaiser Permanente all have ethics programs that provide internal advice about values-related matters. National organizations like the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), and state organizations like the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans sponsor ethics symposia that foster a certain amount of shared deliberation.<BR/><BR/>As I wrote in my October 20 posting, I believe that health plans, like hospitals, should have ethics committees/ethics programs. But that idea hasn't yet spread very far.<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>JimJim Sabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087828142188534542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post-25493864377593284242008-11-13T22:56:00.000-05:002008-11-13T22:56:00.000-05:00Jim, in your opinion, what are the top three ethic...Jim, in your opinion, what are the top three ethical issues faced by insurance companies? What are they doing to handle these issues?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com